Turnip
In Cannonsville, N. Y., one 0. A. Seymour found a turnip in his garden which weighed 10 1/2 Ibs.
Friend
In Newark, N. J., Christi Cortzi, peanut man, drew his life savings of $4,000 from the bank, exchanged it for a bundle which, a friend told him, contained $36,000, but in which he found only old newspapers.
Burn
In Montreal, one Billy Hights bumped his auto into a truck. His wooden leg caught fire. Unable to jump, he was badly burned.
Bet
In Visalia, Cal., Wayne Switzer, county surveyor, bet $2 on the Leland Stanford football team against Southern California with one Alden Jones. When he lost, Better Switzer paid Better Jones a piece of flypaper with 200 pennies stuck on it.
Widow
In Berlin, a husband was granted a divorce because his wife wore mourning for seven months after her lover died.
Divorce
In Brownstown, Ind., Mrs. Bruce Jarvis was granted a divorce from her wealthy husband because only once in the last 20 years has he had his hair or beard cut.
Bite
In Manhattan, Mildred Cooper, nurse, was pursued by a man, fell down. When a policeman bent over to help her up, she bit his hand.
Play
In Brooklyn, a policeman on his rounds found one Ralph Volpe, 2, half-naked in a puddle, playing with sticks. The hour was 2:30 a. m.
Wife
In Rowan, Iowa, Mrs. A. L. Aldrich has had three husbands in ten months, losing the first two by death and disappearance respectively.
Father
In Chester, S. C., died one Allen Foster, Negro, father of 56.
Night Club
In Peabody, Mass., police raided a cemetery chapel, found a night club going full blast, arrested 36 people, confiscated 38 quarts of alleged beer.
Guilt
In Columbia. S. C., a jury deliberated the guilt of one George Buckhalter charged with possessing liquor, drank 47 bottles of the evidence in three hours, then brought in a verdict of guilty.
Jury
In Newark, N. J., the trial of one Henry Binns had been in progress for two hours before anyone noticed that there were 13 jurors in the box.
Nose
In Steubenville, Ohio, one W. T. Fryan lost his nose in an auto accident. Searchers found it in the wreckage, a doctor grafted it back on with 70 stitches, and Fryan breathed naturally an hour later.
Goose
In Lorain, Ohio, Priscilla Shivock, 3, was pounced upon and bitten by a goose in a farmyard, died of fright.
Staple
In Morgan, Minn., one Ralph Whitcomb, 10, coughed up a galvanized staple covered with a rough, weather-beaten coating. His father recalled that the boy had swallowed it four years before.
Request
In Denver, Mrs. Alto Birchmore, 85, on her deathbed, requested that Pert, fox terrier, be chloroformed, buried in the same casket.
Dead Dog
In Jersey City the police dog of one Howard Breves died, was sent to a taxidermist to be stuffed. Breves refused to pay the bill, testified in court:
"It looked like a goat . . . had ears like a jackass, a back like a sawbuck, no shine on the hair. The head was bent and, to top it all, the pup was cross-eyed."
Turkeys
In DePeyster Corners, N. Y., Mrs. Margaret Mason, 58, became despondent at the thought of losing her flock of turkeys at Thanksgiving time, set fire to their shed, died with the birds.
Lift
In Manistee, Mich., one Veto Daraskivicz, 14, asked a passing motorist for a lift, was refused, shot the man in the neck with his shotgun.
Will
In Louise, Ky., Hardy Hay, 60, farmer-nominee for a county office, set out astride his mule to canvass the neighborhood for votes. For a week his family waited his return. On the eighth day the mule appeared, riderless. A posse set out, hunted two counties, finally found the body at the bottom of a 30-foot cliff. On a scrap of paper dated a week before, Farmer Hay had written how he fell over the cliff, broke his thigh, despaired of help. In the last paragraph was his will.
Test
In Dubuque, Iowa, one Joseph Born protested to a policeman that he had not been speeding according to his speedometer, was ordered to test it by driving in front of the officer, did so, ran down and killed Mrs. Minnie Egge.
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